AMD FirePro W7170M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Comparative analysis of AMD FirePro W7170M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 350 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD FirePro W7170M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W7170M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 31% higher core clock speed: 723 MHz vs 550 MHz
42.1x more texture fill rate: 92.54 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 128 MB
6.2x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 810 MHz
36.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3162 vs 86
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 418 vs 378

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 October 2015 vs 20 April 2006
Core clock speed	723 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s vs 2.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 810 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162 vs 86
PassMark - G2D Mark	418 vs 378

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

4.8x lower typical power consumption: 21 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	21 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD FirePro W7170M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 350

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3162

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

418

378

Name	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
PassMark - G3D Mark	3162	86
PassMark - G2D Mark	418	378
Geekbench - OpenCL	50809
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3362
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3362

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD FirePro W7170M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 350
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Curie
Code name	Amethyst	G72
Launch date	2 October 2015	20 April 2006
Place in performance rating	420	417
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	723 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	2,961 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	2048
Texture fill rate	92.54 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	21 Watt
Transistor count	5,000 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	160.0 GB / s	6.48 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	810 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
Enduro